Campaign News

On Friday 30 November representatives from Warwick District 4 Europe met with Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth and Southam, to ask him to join us in supporting the calls for a People’s Vote. Ahead of the meeting, we held street stalls in Kenilworth and Southam, talking to his constituents about their views on Brexit and asking them to write a postcard to their MP telling him they were in favour of a People’s Vote. In just 2 hours in Kenilworth on 17 November we collected over 100 postcards and our…

250 local supporters travelled to be part of the March for a People’s Vote in London on Saturday 20 October. They left from Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford to join an estimated 700,000 people who marched to demand a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal. Alison Eason, one of the organisers, said, “Originally we only booked two coaches but more and more people kept buying tickets, so we had to increase it to five. Even then tickets sold out and many local supporters made their way to London independently. We…

On Saturday 25th August Warwick District 4 Europe took part in the European Movement’s latest National Day of Action. In the morning a team of 18 of our volunteers held a street stall in Kenilworth, where they collected nearly a hundred signatures for the People’s Vote petition and a pile of postcards to send to local MPs. 87% of the people we spoke to said they were in favour of the People having a final say on the Brexit deal and many of them signed up to join our mailing…

As part of the National Day of Action on Saturday 21st July, pro-European groups held events in towns all over the country. Fifteen members of Warwick District 4 Europe had a street stall in Warwick town centre, where we gathered lots of new signatures for the People’s Vote petition and raised awareness of the campaign. We had many conversations with members of the public and, in line with every other street stall we have held, over 80% of the people we spoke to were in favour of a People’s Vote…

We must remain in the European Union or the impact on business, health, housing and education will be disastrous and the young people of the UK will suffer as a result of Brexit. This was the message from A.C. Grayling to a packed audience in Leamington Spa on June 26th. Two hundred members of the public and supporters of Warwick District 4 Europe gathered to hear philosopher Professor A.C. Grayling give a rousing talk entitled Fighting Brexit: The Next Steps, in which he attacked the “unicorn shaped” ideologies of Brexiteers and…

Over a hundred members of Warwick District 4 Europe travelled to London on Saturday 23rd June for the biggest pro-European march ever as more 100,000 people from all over the country filled the streets around Parliament to demand a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. Together with friends from Stratford 4 Europe, we filled three coaches with supporters to travel to the event, with many more making their own way there. Peter Corkill, the Chair of Warwick District 4 Europe, said: “It is clear from the massive numbers turning…

Members of Warwick District for Europe held a street stall in Kenilworth on Saturday 9th June 2018 and the results of the survey they carried out once again showed an overwhelming majority are in favour of a People’s Vote on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Members of the public were asked one simple question. “Do you want a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal?” 195 votes were cast in total, with 85% (166 people) saying they were in favour of a People’s Vote and 15% (29 people) saying…

On Saturday 19th May 2018 members of WarwickDistrict4Europe carried out a survey of members of the public in Leamington Spa. The results showed an overwhelming majority in favour of a People’s Vote on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Members of the public were asked one simple question. “Do you want a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal?” 219 votes were cast in total, with 80% (178 people) saying they were in favour of a People’s Vote, just over 17% (35 people) saying they were against and 2% (5…

Professor Michael Dougan & Colleagues Tuesday 6th March, at 7.00 pm Myton School, Myton Road, Warwick, CV346PJ Professor Michael Dougan, together with his colleagues from the University of Liverpool, will be taking part in a ‘Question Time’ style panel to expose the truth about the legal consequences of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Professor Dougan was acclaimed as the internet star of the June 2016 referendum when his lecture on the ‘industrial-scale dishonesty’ of the Leave campaign attracted 7 million hits on Facebook and YouTube. He is Professor…

Professor Stuart Croft Wednesday 28th February at 7.00 pm, Stratford-upon-Avon High School Professor Stuart Croft will be exploring the likely impact of Brexit on our universities as well as on us all. Stuart Croft is Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Warwick, which employs some 6,000 people, has some 25,000 students, and a turnover approaching £600m per year. His field of scholarship is in international security. He has published over a dozen books and more than 50 other works on arms control, NATO and counter terrorism. He is an…